96 Words for Love

19Jan, 2021 by Rachel Roy 277 Comments

Words for Love A modern retelling of a classic Indian legend Words for Love is a coming of age story Ever since her acceptance to UCLA year old Raya Liston has been quietly freaking out She feels simu

  • Title: 96 Words for Love
  • Author: Rachel Roy
  • ISBN: 0316477788
  • Page: 329
  • Format: Hardcover

    • A modern retelling of a classic Indian legend, 96 Words for Love is a coming of age story.Ever since her acceptance to UCLA, 17 year old Raya Liston has been quietly freaking out She feels simultaneously lost and trapped by a future already mapped out for her.Then her beloved grandmother dies, and Raya jumps at the chance to spend her last free summer at the ashram in Ind A modern retelling of a classic Indian legend, 96 Words for Love is a coming of age story.Ever since her acceptance to UCLA, 17 year old Raya Liston has been quietly freaking out She feels simultaneously lost and trapped by a future already mapped out for her.Then her beloved grandmother dies, and Raya jumps at the chance to spend her last free summer at the ashram in India where her grandmother met and fell in love with her grandfather Raya hopes to find her center and her true path But she didn t expect to fall in love with a country of beautiful contradictions, her fiercely loyal cousin, a local girl with a passion for reading, and a boy who teaches her that in Sanskrit, there are 96 different ways to say the word love A modern retelling of the classic Indian legend of Shakuntala and Dushyanta Get A Copy Kindle Store StoresAudibleBarnes NobleWalmart eBooksApple BooksGoogle PlayAbebooksBook DepositoryIndigoAlibrisBetter World BooksIndieBoundLibraries Or buy for Hardcover, 320 pages Published January 15th 2019 by jimmy patterson More Details ISBN 0316477788 ISBN13 9780316477789 Edition Language English Other Editions 5 All Editions Add a New Edition Combine Less Detail edit details Friend Reviews To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up Reader QA To ask other readers questions about 96 Words for Love, please sign up

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    • Rachel Roy

      Rachel Roy is the daughter of an Indian immigrant father and Dutch mother She is mother to Tallulah and Ava Rachel is the founder creative director of her eponymous brand and a tireless activist for using your voice to cultivate change in the world and to design the life you wish to live Rachel founded Kindness Is Always Fashionable, an entrepreneurial philanthropic platform to help women Rachel Roy is the daughter of an Indian immigrant father and Dutch mother She is mother to Tallulah and Ava Rachel is the founder creative director of her eponymous brand and a tireless activist for using your voice to cultivate change in the world and to design the life you wish to live Rachel founded Kindness Is Always Fashionable, an entrepreneurial philanthropic platform to help women artisans around the world create sustainable income for their families and communities In 2018 Rachel was named a United Nations Women Champion for Innovation, and works for the UN advocating gender equality and other critical women s issues In 2015, Rachel published, Design Your Life

    277 thoughts on “96 Words for Love”

    • I won a free copy on thanks to FirstReads in exchange for an honest review.Spoilers ahead Get lost if you actually want to like this book I don t want to ruin it for you.This book was pretty hollow Don t get me wrong, it wasn t necessarily bad or hurtful or a waste of time per se It just wasn t much of anything It wasn t deep enough to earn the heartfelt blurbs on the front and back covers from a bunch of different celebrities who knew the famous fashion designer turned author [...]

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    • Rep Raya mc is biracial, indian black american, and hindu Kiran li is indian Pilot sc is black american and gay Anandi sc is indian Lexa sc is sapphic queer Trigger warnings for racism, forced public outing, addiction recovery, grief loss, death of a loved one, poverty themes, and view spoiler missing child, sex trafficking, and kidnapping hide spoiler Mentions arranged marriage and suicide Review copy provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Blog Rep Raya mc is biracia [...]

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    • This is an incredibly readable book There were parts I loved learning about Indian culture the ashram setting Raya and Anandi trying to find what their grandmother left for them and it made up for the parts I didn t instalove a ton of slang that makes the book feel dated even though it just came out Also, if you re not good with swearing, you should know that there s a lot of it in this book I m not particularly delicate, but if you are, definitely proceed with caution.The pacing also This is an [...]

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    • This was one of those rare books that I wanted to reread as soon as I finished it I absolutely love Raya and her journey to find out who she was reminded me of when I was a teen facing the future This story drew me in from the beginning and I was eager to read about Raya s trip to the ashram to follow in the footsteps of her grandmother I also loved the way her relationship with Kiran unfolded and grew This book was funny, heartwarming, and also faced some serious issues that most people nev Thi [...]

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    • This is petty, but what the hay Raya dissed on Almond Joy and LOVES Coldplay For that, she is my enemy Nah, but genuinely Maybe I could ve tolerated this book if I hadn t just read another book The Love Lies of Rukhsana Ali that is set in India and features family relations and a forbidden love The book prior was superb This was not This was a book I only finished due to obligation I m not saying it s the worst book ever I think some people could like it For instance Pe This is petty, but what t [...]

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    • Thank you kidlitexchange for this book All opinions are my own This book will be available 1.15.201996 Words for Love by Rachel Roy and Ava Dash is a realistic young adult fiction story about Raya Liston s, a high school senior who has just been accepted into UCLA Raya is struggling to figure out what she is going to do in college and as a career, a character detail that deeply resonated with me Tragedy strikes when Raya s grandmother, Daadee, calls to say her final goodbyes before passing a Tha [...]

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